Appeal No. 2003-0287 Application No. 09/034,963 Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows: 1. A combination of a portable vehicle security system programmer and a programmable vehicle security system temporarily connected in wireless communication therewith, the vehicle security system being switchable to a programming mode responsive to a programming mode signal and when in the programming mode setting a plurality of programmable features responsive to feature programming signals, said portable vehicle security system programmer comprising: a portable housing; wireless programming mode means in said portable housing for wirelessly communicating to the programmable vehicle security system a programming mode signal; a plurality of manually settable switches carried by said portable housing, each manually settable switch having a plurality of manually settable switch positions in which the switch will remain until a different switch position is manually set by a user; indicia on said housing adjacent respective manually settable switches to identify respective programmable features associated therewith; and wireless feature programmer means in said portable housing for wirelessly communicating to the programmable vehicle security system a plurality of feature programming signals based upon the plurality of manually settable switches. The references relied on by the examiner are: Grossheim et al. (Grossheim) 4,794,368 Dec. 27, 1988 Suman et al. (Suman) 5,113,182 May 12, 1992 Sollestre et al. (Sollestre) 5,864,297 Jan. 26, 1999 (filed Apr. 20, 1995) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007